Saint Lawrence University
Beginning Acting
First Year Program: The Power of Presence: Yoga, Mindfulness, & Meditation
First Year Seminar: Thriving Communities: Abolitionist Art-making
Emerson College
Thesis Prep 1
Drama as Education I
Drama as Education II
Student Teaching Seminar
Student Teaching Practicuum
Applied Theatre
Directing the Young Performer
MFA Thesis Advisor (14 students over two years)
State University of New York, Potsdam College
Introduction to Acting
Scene Study and Realism
Devised Theatre
Applied Theatre
Directing I
Directing II
Kripalu Yoga
Pivotal Playwrights: Ontological Theatre
Pivotal Playwrights: Solo Performance and Activism
Theatre and Community
Introduction to Performance Studies
Spoken Word
First Year Student Success Seminar
Arizona State University
Introduction to Acting
Theatre Across Prison Walls
C.H. Dewey Secondary School (Liberia)
English, 11
Speech, all grades
Leulumoega Primary School (Samoa)
English as a Second Language
King Philip Regional High School (Massachusetts)
Introduction to Acting
American Literature, 11
World Literature, Honors, 10
MCAS Support, 9-10
World Literature, 9
Sandwich High School (Massachusetts)
World Literature, Honors
World Literature, 9
Beginning Acting
First Year Program: The Power of Presence: Yoga, Mindfulness, & Meditation
First Year Seminar: Thriving Communities: Abolitionist Art-making
Emerson College
Thesis Prep 1
Drama as Education I
Drama as Education II
Student Teaching Seminar
Student Teaching Practicuum
Applied Theatre
Directing the Young Performer
MFA Thesis Advisor (14 students over two years)
State University of New York, Potsdam College
Introduction to Acting
Scene Study and Realism
Devised Theatre
Applied Theatre
Directing I
Directing II
Kripalu Yoga
Pivotal Playwrights: Ontological Theatre
Pivotal Playwrights: Solo Performance and Activism
Theatre and Community
Introduction to Performance Studies
Spoken Word
First Year Student Success Seminar
Arizona State University
Introduction to Acting
Theatre Across Prison Walls
C.H. Dewey Secondary School (Liberia)
English, 11
Speech, all grades
Leulumoega Primary School (Samoa)
English as a Second Language
King Philip Regional High School (Massachusetts)
Introduction to Acting
American Literature, 11
World Literature, Honors, 10
MCAS Support, 9-10
World Literature, 9
Sandwich High School (Massachusetts)
World Literature, Honors
World Literature, 9
Workshops & Presentations
Abolitionist Theatre-making and Activist Performance
For artistic collectives, individual artists, ensembles, and community organizers wanting to blend activism with performance and performance with activism.
Creative Drama
Improvisation and acting games and training for young people, elementary, middle, and high school ages.
Auditions & Monologues
Choosing strong audition material and doing your best work at auditions and callbacks for early career actors and theatre makers. Private coaching available.
Embodied Movement (Yoga/Somatic Release)
Body-responsive yoga practice focused on body/mind/spirit alignment. Leveled offerings have included yoga for beginners and inversion practices (handstand, shoulderstand, headstand, etc.).
Rivka has given speeches and master classes on a variety of topics including:
Abolitionist Theatre-making and Activist Performance
For artistic collectives, individual artists, ensembles, and community organizers wanting to blend activism with performance and performance with activism.
Creative Drama
Improvisation and acting games and training for young people, elementary, middle, and high school ages.
Auditions & Monologues
Choosing strong audition material and doing your best work at auditions and callbacks for early career actors and theatre makers. Private coaching available.
Embodied Movement (Yoga/Somatic Release)
Body-responsive yoga practice focused on body/mind/spirit alignment. Leveled offerings have included yoga for beginners and inversion practices (handstand, shoulderstand, headstand, etc.).
Rivka has given speeches and master classes on a variety of topics including:
- histories of abolitionist art: zine making
- mother/artistry and inclusive theater-making
- abolitionist theatre-making
- prison-based arts and theatre programs
- the role of performance in social movements, performative activism, and intersectionality
- devised theatre & collaborative performance making
- experiments in technology with devised theatre practices
- audition techniques
- Viewpoints/Suzuki & composition
- Kripalu Yoga and the actor's body
- embodied writing
- ethnographic playwriting
